A phenomenon called gravitational lensing turned a galaxy into a "hall of mirrors of cosmic proportions," allowing for the ...

In a groundbreaking study published in the journal Science, researchers have made significant strides in understanding the ...

Take a tour of the amazing Ring Nebula image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/Institute for Earth and Space Exploration/JWST Ring Nebula Imaging Project ...

Telescopes like Hubble and the James Webb Space Telescope can observe some incredibly distant galaxies, stretching all the ...

This view happens every 13.7 to 15.7 years, with the next side-on view taking place on March 23, 2025. After that, we will begin to see the underside of Saturn's rings and its south pole, another view ...

NASA's beleaguered Mars Sample Return program currently faces extreme costs of up to $11 billion and a timeline that could ...

"I never dreamed of Webb seeing them in such large numbers." ...

Galileo Galilei, with a homemade telescope, noticed three points of light near Jupiter. Initially believing they were distant ...

Luck has recently led to the discovery of several individual stars in extremely distant galaxies. 44 in a single galaxy, ...

Astronomers used JWST and gravitational lensing to spot 44 individual stars in a galaxy 6.5 billion light-years away.

UCF researchers utilized the James Webb Space Telescope to uncover unique characteristics of (2060) Chiron, a distant "centaur" that exhibits traits of both a comet and an asteroid. These findings ...